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Rep. Hicks-Hudson Responds to Postal Service Friday Night
Shake-up
Calls on U.S. Postmaster
General to address postal delays in Lucas County and across
country
State Representative Paula
Hicks-Hudson (D-Toledo) this week responded to disturbing
news of mail delays, hiring freezes, and questionable
management changes at the U.S. Postal Service. She recently
sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy urging the
United States Postal Service (USPS) to address postal delays
in Lucas County. Nearly 100 Lucas County residents expressed
to Hicks-Hudson that they had been experiencing postal
delays that result in late bill payments and other
disruptions to their lives.
Said Rep. Hicks-Hudson:
"I am fighting for people to
have continued, timely access to essential postal services.
It is a lifeline to everything from their medication to
their ballots. There is more disturbing news every day of
attacks on the United State Postal Service. It started with
rumors that mail was stacking up at local distribution
centers. Next, I heard from over 100 constituents and
neighbors that their mail was delayed. Now, the President
and his million-dollar donor and new Postmaster General
Louis DeJoy are removing experienced postal operations
employees from their posts while the Postal Service faces an
enormous challenge with the upcoming election and an
expected record number of absentee ballots. We must not let
the Postal Service be sabotaged from within."
In her letter, Hicks-Hudson
also noted her concern that these postal delays may hamper
vote-by-mail efforts for the November election, especially
if ballots do not arrive to voters in a timely fashion or
are not returned to the Boards of Election in time to be
counted.
The letter asks the
Postmaster General to reevaluate current mail services and
to adequately staff and equip mail distribution centers to
allow postal carriers to effectively complete their routes.
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